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Police: Dallas Doctor Fumes, Tries to Run Over Smoker

DALLAS -- Medical professionals have explored many ways to get people to stop smoking, but running over them with a car has never been an industry-sanctioned approach. But according to police, that apparently didn't stop a prominent Dallas doctor from trying. Police say Dr. Jeffrey Reed Thompson, a Dallas physician who...

China Bans Indoor Smoking [VIDEO]

China has banned public, indoor smoking, effective May 1. Residents will no longer be able to smoke in libraries, shopping malls and restaurants.

China Bans Indoor Smoking [VIDEO]

Cops: Man Refuses to Pay for Cigarettes Because He's 'the King'

As Mel Brooks famously stated, it's good to be the king. That is, of course, when you really are the king. Police in Michigan say one man learned the hard way that you won't get treated like royalty just because you claim to have regal lineage. Officers in Warren say Joseph Lawrence Borowiak tried to yank a pack of...

China Limits Smoking in Films, TV Shows

BEIJING -- China is ordering makers of films and TV shows to limit the amount of smoking depicted on-screen, the latest effort to curb rampant tobacco use in the country with the largest number of smokers in the world. The order from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television viewed Tuesday on its website...

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05/31/12 [Jamaica] Draft of Tobacco Control Regulations in... Source: Tobacco.org JAMAICA is now in its final stages of drafting and reviewing the Tobacco Control Regulations, which will represent a series of laws to protect citizens from the effects of tobacco, including the banning of smoking in public and workplaces.
05/31/12 [UK] London 'most smoke-aware city' Source: Tobacco.org A new survey has revealed that Londoners are the most concerned about the health implications of smoking tobacco, with the largest majority choosing to switch to e-cigarettes.
05/31/12 Pyramid malls in Mass. are now tobacco-free Source: The Daily Item of Lynn - Lynn MA Smoking is now off limits not only in but around 15 shopping malls in Massachusetts and New York. Syracuse-based Pyramid Management Group LLC declared all of its mall properties tobacco-free on Thursday.
05/31/12 Bloomberg Defends Large Soda Ban As Tool To Fight... Source: Dow Jones Business News (via NASDAQ) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended a controversial proposed ban on large sugary soda drinks in the city Thursday, arguing that it will combat obesity and cut health care costs.
05/31/12 Manitoba passes legislation to allow lawsuit against... Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba - Canada The Manitoba government has cleared the way for it to sue big tobacco companies for health-care costs.